Chapter XVII: Marriage of Government and Business
Lisa's status is special, and under Eric's arrangement, she temporarily lives in the apartment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info After Eric understands the situation, he promises Lisa to help her find her way home after dealing with the recent matters at hand.
Lisa says her home is in Mantis, deep under the sea. Now, not to mention Li Yiheng, even Eric doesn't know how to get to Mantis.
Seeing Lisa's depressed appearance all day, Eric was very anxious, but there was no way. Eric had never heard of Manties, let alone where he was, and naturally he couldn't find a way to get Lisa home.
Privately speaking, Eric felt that he didn't want Lisa to leave, and he only blushed when he first saw Lisa, but now his heart beat faster when he saw Lisa. And he found that if he couldn't see Lisa in the morning, he would feel like he had lost his soul all day, and he would even be unable to sleep all night long.
As a result, under the influence of certain subjective and objective aspects, Lisa's way home is far away. Unless, her family can find this place and take her home.
After getting along for the past few days, Eric also knew that the reason why Li Yiheng was so anxious when Lisa disappeared was entirely because of self-blame, not because Li Yiheng liked Lisa. Similarly, Lisa relies on Li Yiheng because Li Yiheng saved her, not because she likes Li Yiheng.
Eric is so old, it is the first time he has this kind of thought for a girl, he wants to show his heart to Lisa, but he is afraid of Lisa's identity, and he is afraid that the city lord and the people will not accept her. In the end, it was Li Yiheng who saw the clue and escorted him to ask him what was wrong, and Eric told Li Yiheng what he had pressed in his heart.
"That's a lot of trouble. Li Yiheng was deeply touched by the xenophobia of Uratu, "Hey, have you asked Lisa? What did she say?"
Eric shook his head, "Not yet. If her father and the people of the city did not accept her, it would be impossible for us to be happy with each other, and it would be better to act as if it had never happened. β
"You don't look like it never happened. Li Yi squinted at Eric, "Besides, how do you know that it must not work if you haven't tried it?" and Lisa, I think you should go and talk to her, give you a breath, Lisa is also interesting." β
"Really?" Eric was pleased to hear that Lisa was also interested in himself, "You didn't lie to me?"
Li Yiheng pursed his lips disdainfully, "Lisa is like my little sister, she also treats me as an elder brother, here, I am her only relative, and she can only tell me what is on her mind." β
Speaking of this, Li Yiheng suddenly remembered Lin Xiaying, that kind-hearted and somewhat stupid girl, and I don't know what she is doing now, whether she will go to deliver food to those who have no food to eat, and clothes to those who have no clothes to wear.
"Brother, go ahead. Li Yiheng patted Eric on the shoulder and encouraged, "If Lisa is like you, then everyone will be happy, and you will work together to fight for your own happiness." If Lisa doesn't want to, you can rest your mind as soon as possible, so you don't have to worry about it so much. β
Eric glanced at Li Yiheng with resentment, "You just said that she was also interesting." β
"Interesting and willing are two different things, okay?" Li Yiheng glanced at Eric strangely, turned around and walked away, "You still have to fight for your own happiness, do you expect anyone to give it to you with both hands?
It's not that Eric doesn't understand the truth in Li Yiheng's words, but some things are not as simple as they sound.
While Eric was hesitating, the city lord had already made a decision for him.
In the study, the city lord was looking at a pile of papers, "Knock-" There was a knock on the door.
"Come in. The lord of the city replied without raising his head. Eric pushed the door in, "Father, you're looking for me." β
The city lord put down the document in his hand and looked up at Eric, "Eric, you sit down first." Wait a few minutes for me to read this document. He gestured to the papers on his desk.
Eric sat down on the couch, "Okay, father. β
It wasn't long before the lord finished his work and sat down on the couch, and instead of sitting next to Eric, he sat across from him. As soon as Eric saw this, he knew that he had something very important to discuss, and he couldn't help but sit up straight and look at the city lord, "Father. β
"Yes. The city lord nodded, "You've grown up too, so I won't beat around the bush about these things." β
Eric suddenly felt the seriousness of the matter, "Father, can you tell me directly, what is the matter? is it the priest's business? Haven't you been dealing with it all these days?"
"It's not the priest's business. The lord of the castle went straight to Eric's question, "You're old enough to talk about it." Carol, you know. His father, Arrahand, is the richest man in Uratu, and Carol is about your age and looks like one in a hundred. I've spoken to Arrahand, and he's agreed to marry Carol to you. β
"No, father, you can't do that!" "How can Eric do it when he hears that the lord of the city has chosen a daughter-in-law for himself?" "Father, I don't like Carol, I can't marry her. β
The lord of the castle looked up at Eric, "Don't like Carol, who do you like? The mermaid in your apartment? Do you still want to marry her?"
"Father, Iβ" Eric opened his mouth to defend something, but he didn't know where to start.
Since he was a child, his father taught him that he must never treat the Jiajie people with sincerity, and Li Yiheng was his savior, so he was treated as an exception, but what about Lisa? Lisa is nothing, and now it seems that she is really just a mermaid raised by herself. Butβ
"Father, I like Lisa, and I will not marry any other woman but her. Eric calmed down and said to the lord of the castle in no uncertain terms, "Carol is a good girl, I know that, but I don't like her, and I can't make myself like her. To tell you the truth, Carol approached me two years ago, she said she liked me, asked me if I could accept her, and we tried to get along for a while. Father, I really can't make myself like a girl I don't like, please don't embarrass me, okay?"
"Do you embarrass you?" the city lord looked at Eric, and his voice could not hide a trace of disappointment, "I embarrass you? Li Yiheng forget it, he is your benefactor, but what about this Lisa, what is she?"
The lord of the castle had already spoken about the issue, and Eric could no longer avoid it, although he had not yet received an answer from Lisa, "She's my love!"
The city lord frowned and looked at Eric in obscurity, Eric looked directly into the city lord's eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "You are my father, I know that you love my son deeply, so can you look at your beloved son and accept Lisa." Lisa is a good girl, she will be as filial to you as her own father, father-"
"Well, no more. I wouldn't agree. The city lord interrupted Eric, "You go back, I still have something to deal with, this matter has been decided, I came to you today to tell you a result, not to discuss with you whether it is okay or not." β
"Fatherβ" Eric stepped forward and stopped the city lord, "Father, you can't do this. β
The city lord waved Eric's hand away, "I am your father, and I have the right to master your marriage." As for that mermaid, keep it if you like. β
"Father, you can't-"
"I can't? Okay, give you three days to get that mermaid away. The city lord turned around and said without looking back, "If you don't send her away, then, I'll send her away for you." β
Eric stared blankly at the city lord, is this still his father?
How is this possible? There is no way to send Lisa home in three days, and if Lisa goes out like this, there will definitely be unknown dangers.
However, Eric knew his father, and he said that he would do it if he personally sent Lisa away in three days. Therefore, the most important thing now is to find a place to hide Lisa first, and then solve the other things slowly.
But the whole of Furatu is in the hands of the city lord, where can Lisa be hidden?
Eric walked down the street with a light step on his feet as if he had stepped on cotton. Eric often patrolled the area with his guards, and he was familiar with Furatu, but even then, for a whole afternoon, he could not find a suitable place for Lisa to hide.
In the middle of the night, Eric sat alone by the lake in the middle of the island, looking at the various reflections in the water in a daze. Annoyed, Eric got up and jumped into the lake to calm himself down, after all, he was so tense now that he couldn't find a solution.
The lake in the center of the island is connected to the sea, and there is a long slope from the shallow water to the deep water, and the slope is overgrown with aquatic plants, and the aquatic plants entangle Eric's feet, and Eric is too lazy to get rid of them, so he sits down in the middle of the aquatic plants.
With the city of Furatu above and the bottomless waters below, Eric looked up at the aquatic plants and fish swimming above his head, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, what if Lisa was allowed to hide here?
Lisa was arrested in the island lake before because the place where she was located was relatively obvious, and if it was in a very remote and deep water area, it should not be found. Lisa herself is a mermaid, and it doesn't matter how deep or shallow the water is, as long as the place is hidden enough.
Thinking of this, Eric quickly untied the aquatic plants that were wrapped around him and went to find a suitable place.
At dawn, when it was darkest, Eric quietly returned to the apartment, and not long after, Eric left the apartment under the cover of the sky with a water bladder on his back.
In a small remote harbor in the heart of the island, about 30 meters underwater, there is a small house made of water and grass. Aquatic plants float with the flow of the sea, and it looks like a small house is floating on the aquatic plants, floating with the flow of the sea. In the same way, due to the action of aquatic plants, the small house will only float and will not float away.